Graham v. Knowles
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY M. A. KNOWLES ET AL. EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 18 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 176 June Term 1889, C. P. No. 4. On May 20,1889, Annie G. Graham and others, as heirs at law of Rebecca M. Clark, brought assumpsit for a ground-rent against Hosmer B. Parsons, filing a statement of claim containing, in substance, the following averments: Patrick Lafferty, being the owner in fee of a certain lot of ground in the…
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APPEAL BY M. A. KNOWLES ET AL. EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 18 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 176 June Term 1889, C. P. No. 4. On May 20,1889, Annie G. Graham and others, as heirs at law of Rebecca M. Clark, brought assumpsit for a ground-rent against Hosmer B. Parsons, filing a statement of claim containing, in substance, the following averments: Patrick Lafferty, being the owner in fee of a certain lot of ground in the twenty-sixth ward, Philadelphia, conveyed the same by a deed dated December 5,1872, to Michael Convery, reserving a yearly…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett:
This action was brought by the appellees, as next of kin and heirs at law of Miss Rebecca M. Clark, deceased, against Hosmer B. Parsons, to recover ground-rents issuing out of land now belonging to him, but formerly owned by said decedent.
The rent in controversy having been claimed by the appellants, as beneficiaries under the will of Miss Clark, the defendant Parsons was permitted to pay the same into court, and thereupon issue was joined between the appellees and said claimants, to determine which of them was entitled to the money. The facts upon which the claim…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Graham v. GruganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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